Quantification of manual thrombus removal in patients with acute coronary syndromes: A study exploiting serial frequency domain-optical coherence tomography

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 204-212

  Imola, Fabrizio ^a   Mallus, Maria Teresa ^a   Ramazzotti, Vito ^a   Manzoli, Alessandro ^a   Di Vito, Luca ^a   Occhipinti, Michele ^b   Cremonesi, Alberto ^c   Arbustini, Eloisa ^d   Prati, Francesco ^a   Albertucci, Mario ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Centro per la Lotta contro l'Infarto (CLI) Foundation   (Italy)

^c Stem Wave Institute for Tissue Healing (SWITH)   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Myocardial infarction; Optical coherence tomography; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENTING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBUS; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; AGED; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; THROMBECTOMY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; THROMBECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84928008603     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000000141     Document Type: Article

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